GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| skimp | skimpy |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |